Q.1
One effect of the changes to modern industry is the introduction of teleworking. Which of the following is not a benefit of teleworking?
  • Teleworkers earn more than others doing the same job
  • Employees can have a job and look after their family aswell
  • Teleworkers save time and money as they don't have to commute every day
  • Employers can have a smaller office, saving money on heating, electricity, rent etc
Q.2
Which of the following terms indicates an industry that is not tied to a particular location?
  • Footloose
  • Fancy free
  • Non-geographic
  • Nomadic
Q.3
Which locations are becoming more popular with developers who build shopping centres in the UK?
  • The central business district
  • Out of town locations
  • Inner city greenfield sites
  • Country villages
Q.4
Which of the following terms best describes a change from a secondary sector based economy to a tertiary sector based economy?
  • Industrialisation
  • Reindustrialisation
  • Deindustrialisation
  • Megaindustrialisation
Q.5
Which of the following is a negative impact of changes in modern industry in the UK?
  • An increase in brownfield sites
  • An increase in commuting to work
  • An increase in air and water quality
  • All of the above
Q.6
is best described as being an economy based on...
  • virtual money
  • buying computers
  • online banking
  • computing technologies
Q.7
Traditionally, which of the following areas of the UK were centres of heavy industry?
  • Northern England
  • North Wales
  • Northern Scotland
  • All of the above
Q.8
As factories are demolished, the cleared land left behind is known as a brownfield site. These are...
  • always much cheaper to develop than a greenfield site
  • only ever used to build new factories
  • sometimes difficult to develop because they are polluted by industrial waste
  • only ever used as wildlife sanctuaries
Q.9
The way people work has also changed along with the types of job people do. Which of the following statements is false?
  • People are able to work from home using ICT to stay in contact with their workplace
  • Some people do their work whilst travelling by train
  • A smaller percentage of the workforce work from home than they did in the 1950s
  • Compressed hours and flexitime enables workers to have time off on normal working days
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